Apple + Google = Worries For Everyone — A few days ago when Google announced what is a precursor to Google Office, many saw it as a big move against the long term nemesis, Microsoft. We read things differently, and don't really believe that it is going to have much of an impact.

Google CEO joins Apple board - is there more to this? — Google CEO Eric Schmidt is joining the board of Apple Computer. Om Malik thinks this could lead to closer cooperation between the two, and headaches for Microsoft. Maybe, but I don't think so. Eric Schmidt is a great choice …

Google to allow free downloads of books — AUG. 29 8:28 P.M. ET Google Inc. on Wednesday plans to begin letting consumers download and print free of charge classic novels and many other, more obscure books that are in the public domain. — Using Google's Book Search service …

Geotagging - one day later — The First Day — When we were doing our projections for how many photos Flickr members would geotag, we though that we'd hit a million in the first month, maybe even as fast as two weeks. Instead, 24 hours in, there were 1,234,384 geotagged photos …

Comcast blacklists e-mail from online group — A decade before Microsoft released the first version of its Internet Explorer browser and nearly a generation before MySpace, The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, otherwise known as The WELL, was the place to be on the Internet.

SpiralFrog inks music deal with Universal — update Music on the Internet has often been free or legal, but start-up SpiralFrog is looking to offer songs that are both. — The 20-person New York-based company has signed a deal with record label Universal Music Group to offer songs for free …

Three Ways to Ride the Long Tail — The following is also my column in this week's Advertising Age. — Three Ways to Ride the Long Tail — What Marketers Should Know About Reach, Niches and Big Media in the New Landscape — One of this summer's hottest beach reads is "The Long Tail" by Chris Anderson.

An Odd Buy for New York Times — Headlines about the newspaper business have been nothing to cheer about lately, and the news at New York Times (NYSE: NYT) is no exception. Rising newsprint costs remain a drag on profitability, and revenue growth hasn't exactly been robust …

AT&T hack exposes 19,000 identities — AT&T on Tuesday said hackers broke into one of its computer systems and accessed personal data on thousands of customers who used its online store. — The information that was illegally accessed includes credit card numbers, AT&T said in a statement.

No End to Features to Win Over Sports Fans — ESPN Mobile plans to announce today that it will broadcast full-length college football games on its wireless phones. — ESPN, which this year launched its brand of phones on the Sprint Nextel network, plans to carry as many as 25 games a month in the 2006 season.

The mobile Internet: Are we there yet? — After years of hype, wireless users in the United States are waiting for all the technology pieces to come together to make surfing the Internet from their handsets as easy as it is on their PCs at home. — So how close are we to simple and robust Web surfing from a cell phone?

Webshots Redesign Launches, Video Coming — CNET owned Webshots, a massive property with 420 million photos, relaunched moments ago with a new interface and a number of feature changes. — The most notable changes are to the limits on photo uploading. Free accounts are now able …